Season Finale: Gilmorepalooza
It sounds like the season finale of Gilmore Girls is going to be a good one. The creators are Daniel Palladino and Amy Sherman-Palladino are determined to end their run on the show with a bang. Check out the musicians who are going to be featured in the episode:
"Gilmore Girls" creator Amy Sherman-Palladino is going out on a high note, with her last episode for the WB series filled with her musical favorites.
"It might be the coolest thing we’ve ever done," Sherman-Palladino said of Tuesday’s season finale featuring the "eclectic" musicians she admires and lured to the show.
"We’ve put together our own Gilmorepalooza," added her husband, Daniel Palladino, a fellow executive producer on the series.
The couple said last month they were leaving the comedy-drama after failing to reach agreement on a new studio contract. Dave Rosenthal, a writer and producer on the show, will be in charge when it makes its expected move to the new CW network, the result of a WB-UPN merger.
Among the artists featured on the sixth-season finale are Sonic Youth, Sam Phillips, Yo La Tengo, Sparks and Joe Pernice.
They’ve flocked to Stars Hollow, the fictional New England town where "Gilmore Girls" is set, after hearing that the town troubadour (Grant-Lee Phillips) was discovered by Neil Young’s manager.
"We’re playing our own reality that there’s an East Coast troubadour community, people who play music on street corners," said Daniel Palladino.
The couple put together a "wish list" of artists to appear as the street musicians and got an enthusiastic response, he said.
"Gilmore Girls" is about the close relationship between a young single mother, Lorelai Gilmore (Lauren Graham) and her daughter, Rory (Alexis Bledel). With the stars under contract for one more season, next year is widely considered to be the show’s last.
Sherman-Palladino and her husband said their contract dispute centered on working conditions, including adding more writers to ease their burden. The couple said they have written the majority of scripts for the show and worked on all of them.
In a statement from CW and the studio, Warner Bros. Television, the companies said they were disappointed with the couple’s departure but looked forward to a "seamless transition."
The network and studio reportedly wanted to give the couple a one-year deal. Sherman-Palladino, whose own snappy patter was reflected in the Lorelai character, said she believed the show could run longer than another year.
There’s more than music to the finale. Also at issue in the episode co-written by Sherman-Palladino and her husband are Lorelai’s postponed wedding to Luke (Scott Patterson) and Rory’s up-and-down relationship with boyfriend Logan (Matt Czuchry).
The episode sets up "strong places to go next year," Sherman-Palladino said.
She was grateful for the creative freedom she enjoyed on the series and for the excellence of its cast. Leaving was hard, she said.
"I had fully intended to shepherd it forward to the bitter end. I’ve often said I know what the last four of the final episodes are, and I’ve known it for a long time," she said. via Macon
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16 opinions for Season Finale: Gilmorepalooza
nikki
May 6, 2006 at 4:32 pm
can’t wait to watch it
Alison
May 7, 2006 at 7:43 am
I saw the video for it on the WB site and it left me screaming, “I can’t wait!!!” I think it’s going to kill me all summer to wait!
sydnie
May 7, 2006 at 8:50 am
Wait just a minute here! Last weeks episode was the season finale? AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! I hate that!!!!! THis is going to bug the crap out of me.
Lina
May 7, 2006 at 3:44 pm
what happened on last weeks episode????
Tina
May 8, 2006 at 9:45 am
Last weeks episode was not the season finale, this week is.
bob
May 8, 2006 at 12:01 pm
they fucked after the kiss and get lesbs
sydnie
May 8, 2006 at 6:35 pm
Huh? What are you talking about? Anywayz… I’m glad that there is still one more episode! Although i’m sad that tomorrow’s episode is the last one. :( So, who do you guys think Lorelai will end up with? Christopher or Luke? I think she’ll end up with Christopher. It’s that whole circle thing! She and him had Rory, then they had to be apart for a while and date other people and do other stuff and now that Christopher can support her they will get back together. What do you guys think? Let me know!!
Haley
May 9, 2006 at 5:24 pm
i hate chris with a passion
sydnie
May 9, 2006 at 8:03 pm
OMG OMG OMG OMG!!!!! Christopher and Loreli together!!!!! THis is going to be big!!!! I can’t wait until season 7 comes!!!!! I felt so bad for Rory though!!!!
Rachel
May 10, 2006 at 7:40 am
I’m sorry, but that had to have been the all time stupidest thing Lorelai has ever done, EVER!!!! Yes, luke is an idiot for making her wait so long for such a crappy reason, but christopher should have been a man and just said NO!!!!! Everything is ruined for them now….And poor Rory!! She was heartbroken when Logan left for London. “Please tell me to stay.” (Logan) awwwww……. :( next season is definately going to be eventful and the new writers better do it justice.
Nancy
May 10, 2006 at 9:25 am
About Luke and Lorelei - Lorelei told the psychologist that she never loved anyone like she loves Luke. Does that mean she doesn’t love Christopher as much as she loves Luke. I think she will end up with Luke, but not sure how they will work out their problems. Should be interesting!
Anna
May 10, 2006 at 12:29 pm
This season finale was their worse show ever. Don’t know if I will watch it again. The bands were annyoing, I wanted to watch the story line. They they go to the story line….TRASH…LORELAI, I guess she does deserve a loser after all. This show used to be about smart, powerful women. Now it is about WOMEN, THE REPEAT VICTIM BY CHOICE.
Keith Demko
May 10, 2006 at 2:09 pm
Although I was looking forward to the Gilmorepalooza aspect of the finale, there were just too many darn bands to have it truly work .. I would have been much happier with just Sonic Youth, Yo La Tengo and, of course, Sparks, with each of them getting some dialogue
sydnie
May 11, 2006 at 6:50 pm
Ya that was too many bands! But it was a palooza, whatever that means! LOL Anyway… I hate that Christopher and Lorelai got together. She looks so messed up now. She’s gunna need some serious therapy after this one!
Meg
May 12, 2006 at 1:15 pm
I LOVE that Chris and Lor are finally together. At first I loved Luke and Lorelai, but as season 6 went on, Luke was becoming a jerk to her. And the whole thing with April kinda ruined the season…but after seeing Luke as a jerk, I have to say i LOVE Chris and Lor together. Plus, Chris looks so good this season!
Jessica
May 14, 2006 at 1:24 pm
hey this is Jessica and every day when i get home frome school i come home and i watch your show and every tuesday i whatch your new shoes i love then no matter what
love jessica
im 12
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